Mysuru: An autorickshaw driver reportedly committed suicide by jumping into Varuna canal near Shyadanahalli on Saturday evening. 

The deceased is N. Santosh (36), a resident of Ningayyana Kere in Mysuru. 

Public, who saw a body floating in the canal near Ekalavyanagar, fished out the body and informed the jurisdictional Metagalli Police. Police, who reached the spot, conducted mahazar, registered a case and shifted the body to JSS Hospital mortuary for post-mortem. 

Meanwhile, deceased Santosh’s brother N. Harish Kumar, who saw a video of a body floating in the canal which was showed to him by his friend Anand and approached Metagalli Police, who took him to the mortuary following which Harish Kumar identified the body as that of his brother Santosh. 

Post-mortem was conducted at JSS Medical College and Hospital mortuary and the body was handed over to the family members.